{"id":83232,"date":"2025-09-17T00:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T00:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/09\/17\/ex-midshipman-charged-in-threat-that-caused-us-naval-academy-lockdown\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:54:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:54:37","slug":"ex-midshipman-charged-in-threat-that-caused-us-naval-academy-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2025\/09\/17\/ex-midshipman-charged-in-threat-that-caused-us-naval-academy-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-midshipman charged in threat that caused US Naval Academy lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ANNAPOLIS, Md. \u2014 A former U.S. Naval Academy midshipman has been charged in federal court with making a threat across state lines related to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2025\/09\/13\/false-threat-led-to-naval-academy-lockdown-and-then-mistaken-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2025\/09\/13\/false-threat-led-to-naval-academy-lockdown-and-then-mistaken-shooting\/\">a lockdown<\/a> and shooting at the military college in Maryland last week, the U.S. attorney\u2019s office in Indiana said Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jackson Fleming, 23, was arrested Friday on suspicion of sending an online threat through a social media application concerning the academy, the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Northern District of Indiana said in a news release. Fleming, of Chesterton, Indiana, was charged with one count of transmitting a threat in interstate communication, the release said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jonathan Bedi, Fleming\u2019s attorney, wrote in an email that \u201cwe intend to fight these charges in court vigorously.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo one, including Jack, should be judged by a mere accusation from the government,\u201d Bedi wrote. \u201cWe are prepared to mount the strongest possible defense, and I am confident that when the complete facts emerge, Jack will be vindicated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fleming attended the academy from June 30, 2021, to Jan. 5, 2024, the academy confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The threatening post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2025\/09\/11\/us-naval-academy-on-lockdown-following-reports-of-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2025\/09\/11\/us-naval-academy-on-lockdown-following-reports-of-threats\/\">triggered a lockdown<\/a> at the academy Thursday. It prompted authorities to respond to what turned out to be a false report of a gunman. And during the investigation, a midshipman who had mistaken security personnel as a threat was shot in the shoulder in the ensuing confusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The academy said in a statement last week there was no active shooter threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The wounded midshipman was released from the hospital Friday. A member of the naval security force also received minor injuries, the academy said, and was treated at a hospital before being released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The false report was made amid anxiety over a spate of recent violence at schools nationwide, including the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah college. 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